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Workforce Development Institute (2007)

February 1-3, 2007
San Diego, CA
Host: San Diego Community College District

This year, WDI attracted more than 400 participants, among them 30 community college presidents, representatives from government agencies, business leaders, and international guests.

The participants' consensus was that the quality of speakers, presentations, and materials, made the 2007 event one of the best and most comprehensive WDI conferences to date.

These speakers have made their presentations available to you:

• Partnering with Employers in Career Pathways, Julian L. Alssid, Linn Gahr and Matthew J. Kinkley, Ph.D. (Adobe PDF)
• Regional Response Ivy Tech Community College – Central Indiana (Adobe PDF)
• Innovative Methods in Education and Training Delivery of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at Cape Cod Community College, Mary Jane Curran (Adobe PDF)
• Profit is Not a Dirty Word: What Community Colleges Must Do For A Sustainable Future, Bill Flynn (Adobe PDF)
• Building Today's Workforce for Tomorrow, Home Builders Institute (Adobe PDF)
• Michigan: Sector Approaches In A Depressed Economy, Jim Jacobs (Adobe PDF)
• Workforce and Economic Development, J. Robert Jeffs, PhD (Adobe PDF)
• Career Pathways: A Tool for Regional Sectoral Employment Initiatives, Scott Jenkins & Robert Matthews (Adobe PDF)
• Marketing Community College Services to the Employer Community, Thomas S. Kilijanek, Ph.D. (Adobe PDF)
• Flexicurity and Workforce Development: The New European Model?, Villy Hovard Pedersen and Peter Hoier (Adobe PDF)
• Welding NSF-ATE Grant: Advanced Materials Joining for Tomorrow's Manufacturing Workforce, Matthew J. Scott (Adobe PDF)
• State Industry Sector Programs, Dr. Robert Sheets (Adobe PDF)
• A Return on Investment Study for an Engineering Company in Huntsville, Alabama using a Community College Web-based Training Program, Dr. Denny Smith (Adobe PDF)
• Building Regional Solutions to Regional and Sector Needs: An Ohio Imperative, Michael Taggart (Adobe PDF)
• Why and How to Partner with Your Local Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Carroll Thomas (Adobe PDF)
• The Career Readiness Certificate, West Michigan Strategic Alliance (Adobe PDF) 
• Using Non-Credit Programs to Meet Displaced Worker Training Needs, Leslie Anne Wood (Adobe PDF)

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 We hope you will join us at the Sheraton New Orleans January 23-26, for Workforce Development Institute 2008.